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curses, the crane wives
❝ every word i say is kindling
but the smoke clears when you're around
won't you stay with me, my darling
when my walls start burning down,
down, down ❞
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ℙℝ𝕆𝔽𝕀𝕃𝔼༄
𝑁𝑎𝑚𝑒 : Shu Lai
𝐴𝑔𝑒 : 32
𝐻𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 : 5'6
𝐸𝑡ℎ𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 : Asian [Chinese Descent]
𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 : Female
𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑠 : She/Her
𝑆𝑒𝑥𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 : Bisexual
𝐵𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝐷𝑎𝑡𝑒 : February 4th
𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 : Staff
𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑠 : Upper Class

𝐿𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑠 :
- Autumn weather
- Hot chocolate
- Banana pudding
- Taking her class(es) on field trips
- Teaching others about history
- Historical monuments and artifacts
- Black and white movies
- Swing music
- Dancing
- Romance novels

𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑠 :
- Summer weather
- Carrots
- Being talked over
- Her lessons not being taken seriously
- Inaccuracies in historical dramas
- The smell of smoke
- When people try making any "historical" claims without the proper evidence to back them up
- Losing to someone in chess
- Her knowledge being underestimated
- Pop music

𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 :
Charming and perhaps a little eccentric, Shu sees the world through its history and wants nothing more than to teach others what she can of their ancestral story: from the beginning to now. While her class may seem boring at first, this woman makes sure that such an opinion doesn't stay for long, for she enjoys ensuring that her students find her lessons both fun and engaging. She is well aware that not many care much for the past, but how can you expect the lessons taught from it to remain if they're left forgotten instead?

ℝ𝔼𝕃𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝕊ℍ𝕀ℙ𝕊༄
𝑂𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛(𝑠) : Yokosuka University's History Professor
𝐴𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 : Yokosuka University's Staff
𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 :
- Lai Jiang [Father]
- Lai Huang [Mother]
- Lai Bao [Sister]
- Min Hua [Younger Sister]
- Min Seung [Brother-in-Law]
𝐹𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 :
- Hirota Yasu [Work Acquaintance]
- Endo Akira [Work Acquaintance]

𝔹𝔸𝕊𝕀ℂ 𝔻𝔼𝕊ℂℝ𝕀ℙ𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ༄
𝑄𝑢𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑠 :

❝ Am I to decipher your grunting, Endo-sama? ❞

❝ You know, children, back before discipline was made more humane, disbehaving students were often forced to hold their hands out to be slapped with a ruler. Shall we see if this method still works, or will you all settle down so that I may start the lesson? ❞

❝ Ah! The leaves are finally turning red, orange, and gold! Lovely! ❞

❝ Lyner Merlins, correct? A friend of yours, miss Lovisa, I believe, mentions you a lot. I hear you also have an appreciation for history? ❞

❝ Da'vante, where is your brother? Class will start soon, you know, and I'd hate for Imai's attendance record to be broken. ❞

❝ I am happy for my sister, but it's a shame I have yet to find a husband for myself. Reading some of the old novels off my shelf has made me needy for someone to cuddle with, especially with autumn nearing. ❞

❝ I'm driving, Bao, and that means that no one's going to be listening to anything you put on the radio. Remember: driver gets to pick! ❞

❝ Mother's coming to visit? AH! MY PLACE IS A MESS!! ❞

❝ What have I done to make the world cruel enough to deny me a lover? ❞

❝ Oh, this one's my favorite! Hua, sister, will you dance with me? Seeing as how our other sister apparently lacks taste. ❞

❝ Me and Hirota-sama may disagree from time to time, but I can most definitely agree with him when he says that Yokosuka must consider investing in a psychiatrist. The students this year are ... concerning, to say the least. ❞

𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 :
Although Shu enjoys how unique and eccentric the students for this year are, the woman can't deny that some of them are quite ... worrying. She knows, in truth, that there is not much she can do other than beg the school to invest in a psychiatrist (and maybe a therapist) or two, but that doesn't mean she won't stop to lend an ear to the students who need her to—even if she feels just a bit disqualified for it.

(But it's still good to at least talk to someone, right?)

𝑂𝑢𝑡𝑓𝑖𝑡 :